U. S. officials believe North Korea has increased fuel production for nuclear missiles at several secret research facilites and that Kim Jong Un may plan to…
U. S. officials believe North Korea has increased fuel production for nuclear missiles at several secret research facilites and that Kim Jong Un may plan to hide the sites amid negotiations over the country’s nuclear program, according to a report Friday.
Five U. S. officials familiar with an unreleased U. S. intelligence assessment told NBC News that North Korean forces have stepped up production of necessary fuel and components for nuclear weapons in recent months as both sides engaged in diplomacy.
President Trump and Kim signed an agreement at a historic meeting in Singapore earlier this month committing the U. S. to unspecific security guarantees for North Korea in exchange for Pyongyang agreeing to move toward denuclearization.
« There’s no evidence that they are decreasing stockpiles, or that they have stopped their production, » one unnamed U. S. official briefed on the latest intelligence told NBC. « There is absolutely unequivocal evidence that they are trying to deceive the U. S. »
Five officials told NBC that North Korea’s military had stepped up production of weapons-grade enriched uranium in recent months even as Kim met with Trump and the two leaders agreed to work towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
